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Indian Army Candidates Made to Take Exam in Underwear (To Prevent Cheating)
The Guardian ^ | 3/1

Posted on 03/03/2016 7:06:10 PM PST by nickcarraway

After spate of cheating scandals in Bihar, army reportedly takes radical step to ‘save time on frisking so many people’

Candidates at an Indian army recruitment day in Bihar were made to take a written exam in their underwear to prevent them from cheating, according to reports, after a spate of exam cheating scandals in the eastern state.

Images in the Indian Express showed dozens of men sitting cross-legged in a field wearing only underpants, with many resting their test papers on their thighs, while a uniformed supervisor stood guard.

The paper quoted an army source as saying they took the radical step to “save time on frisking so many people” after more than 1,000 candidates turned up.

“We had no option but to comply with the instructions even though it felt odd,” one candidate told the paper.

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Education; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: army; india

1 posted on 03/03/2016 7:06:10 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I was told: “Bend forward and spread your cheeks”. Sound familiar?


2 posted on 03/03/2016 7:10:00 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: nickcarraway

Maybe that should be the test uniform at our nuclear silos.


3 posted on 03/03/2016 7:11:57 PM PST by Sasparilla (Hillary for Prosecution 2016)
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To: nickcarraway

Well... THERE’s something you don’t see everyday...

Then again... unless you watch “Gandhi” everyday...

Never mind.


4 posted on 03/03/2016 7:13:41 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: NFHale
unless you watch “Gandhi” everyday...

I'm trying to cut back to once a week.

5 posted on 03/03/2016 7:18:05 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

It’s Ben Kingsley’s scrawny li’l legs ... I just can’t ...

Argh...


6 posted on 03/03/2016 7:20:52 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: nickcarraway

Doesn’t surprise me a bit.


7 posted on 03/03/2016 7:23:17 PM PST by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: nickcarraway

This morning I took an exam in my underwear. How it got into my underwear I’ll never know.


8 posted on 03/03/2016 7:53:43 PM PST by CrazyIvan (Socialists are just communists in their larval stage.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Woohoo peanut butter shot!


9 posted on 03/03/2016 7:59:57 PM PST by Svartalfiar
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